DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING

The Jewish Emergent Network (JEN) is the umbrella organization connecting seven Jewish community organizations across the US. These seven member organizations are collectively committed to revitalizing the way Jewish Americans explore their religion and spirituality with traditional and creative practices. JEN’s goal is to amplify each member organization’s work and utilize their collective power to transform Jewish life. JEN engaged a Capstone team to help develop its new strategic plan and future programming. The team carried out a literature review and environmental scan and held stakeholder focus groups, using its findings to conduct a SWOT analysis. The team’s recommendations focus on utilizing JEN’s strengths to provide opportunities for leadership development, relationship building, and resource sharing, while also identifying ways to expand the JEN community.